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LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting  virtually Thursday, April 30th.  Our Guest speaker was Aaron Thompson, President, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. Dr. Aaron Thompson is a passionate advocate for higher education. As a first-generation college student from rural Clay County, Kentucky, he experienced first-hand the transformative power of a college credential. As president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), he works to ensure all Kentuckians have an equal opportunity to improve their lives through postsecondary education. Before taking the helm of CPE, Thompson served as interim president of Kentucky State University and [...]

Tom Eblen Lexington, Ky., on Jan. 7, 2016. LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly virtual meeting Thursday, April 23rd,   The program’s guest speaker was Tom Eblen. Tom Eblen is a writer and photographer based in Lexington, Kentucky. He was metro/state columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader from 2008 to 2019 and the newspaper’s managing editor from 1998-2008. He now works part-time for the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, creating projects to promote the state’s literary arts culture and managing the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. Eblen, 61, returned to his hometown in 1998 after [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington e held its  virtual weekly meeting Thursday, April 16th,  from the Rotary office! This week's program: It's Time to Cook! Gwyn  and Ren Everly, of J Render’s Southern Table and Bar, were e in the kitchen with a great menu and practical advice on cooking from home. The story behind J Render's Southern Table and Bar: To be honest, Ren and I are accidental restaurant owners.  We have no formal training and it was not our life's goal to own a restaurant, but alas here we are and in a Pandemic no less.  [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will held its weekly virtual meeting Thursday, April 9th, at 12:15 p.m. Guest speaker was Jack "Goose" Givens. Every year Spring emerges in Kentucky as temperatures warm and the days become sunnier, trees and flowers are in bloom and the grass becomes a lush green carpet.   The calendar that many of us follow in Kentucky is also directly intertwined with sports- we know Spring arrives when March Madness begins and UK advances in the NCAA followed and Keeneland is just around the corner.  For instance,  did you know that tonight UK should have [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will held its weekly virtual meeting Thursday, April 2,   2020. WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK Believe it or not, working from home and social distancing (stay six feet apart, work from home, don’t congregate in public with anyone who doesn’t live in your household, etc.) can offer a great opportunity to get in better shape or to prevent the “CV 19.” (That’s the 19 extra pounds you might put on while the gyms and parks are closed, NOT the COVID-19.)  Rotarian Sheila Kalas will demonstrate some ways to keep moving safely and dispel some [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will held its weekly meeting Thursday, March 26th,  at 12:15 virtually. You can watch live on Periscope, www.periscope.tv/rotarylexky  or at your leisure on YouTube,www.youtube.com/user/rotarylexky.  Our own program from the   "LEE AND HAYLEY SHOW"    With the novel coronavirus ever present in our thoughts, we thought it would be nice to get a little relief from all the gloom and doom.  This week’s virtual meeting will include a special Q&A session from the studios of ABC36 with Lee Cruse and Hayley Harmon from the “Lee and Haley Show.” Lee and Hayley reportedly have more [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, March 5th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Carrie butler, General Manager, Lextran.   Have you ever stopped to wonder… what it would be like to live in Lexington if you didn’t own a car? How you would get to work without a car? What Lexington would be like if everybody took public transportation and nobody drove a car? Where your tax dollars go in support of Lextran and whether that is a good investment? The Rotary Club of Lexington’s speaker [...]

2020-21 Lexington Rotary Club Endowment Charitable Giving Application Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4yQUcZbyhlWjh0ftxLYvIfTxq_8U8uCXMkbAPbDjf2gbw0Q/viewform Mission Statement The Lexington Rotary Club Endowment, Inc. is the entity through which the Rotary Club of Lexington carries out its philanthropic activities without regard to race, creed, color, sex, nationality or age. It is established to receive and disburse funds in support of the vocational, community and international avenues of Rotary Service. The Endowment Fund in providing partial funding and implementation of these philanthropic activities will directly serve young people, aged and disadvantaged persons and other groups.Guidelines for Grant Applicants 1. This application is entirely on-line and ONLY through this [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 27th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Amy Samples, Directer of Culture, AppHarvest.   AppHarvest is combining agriculture with today's tech to grow the #FarmingNow movement in Appalachia. Appalachia is a region of hard work, tenacity and ingenuity. AppHarvest has a goal to promote a future of a sustainable change in the agriculture industry by reducing water consumption and pesticide use. Their high-tech greenhouses will reduce our impact on the planet. Kentucky native Amy Samples serves as Director of Culture [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 20th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speakers  were Dr. Rudolph Buchheit, Dean, University of Kentucky College of Engineering; Dr. Nelson Akafuah, Chair Engineering Technology Implementation Committee; Mr. Doug Klein, FYE Lecturer, College of Engineering Makerspace Director . We train students to solve monumental engineering challenges. We offer rigorous programs and enriching experiences that encourage collaboration and creativity. We provide an environment where students can cultivate curiosity through innovative research. We partner with industry through co-ops and internships to give students real-world [...]